Jul 18, 2014

Rory McIlroy waits on the first tee of The Open

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Jul 18, 2014

Rory McIlroy maintained his lead at the top of The Open leaderboard

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Jul 18, 2014

Rory McIlroy watches a pheasant walk across the eighth green

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Jul 18, 2014

George Coetzee lines up his putt on the 16th green

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Jul 18, 2014

Phil Mickelson plays his tee shot on the ninth hole

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Jul 18, 2014

Tiger Woods struggles out of the rough at the first hole of his second round

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Jul 18, 2014

Martin Kaymer has to jump to try to see the flag after finding trouble at Royal Liverpool

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Jul 17, 2014

Ernie Els takes a quick break from the action

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Jul 17, 2014

Phil Mickelson prepares for his putt on the ninth green

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Jul 17, 2014

Adam Scott hits his tee shot on the 16th hole

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Jul 17, 2014

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton plays out of a bunker

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Jul 17, 2014

Tiger Woods lines up a putt during the first round of The Open

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Jul 17, 2014

Tiger Woods had some early struggles in the first round of The Open

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Jul 17, 2014

Factory worker John Singleton from nearby Birkenhead is impressing on his major championship debut

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Jul 17, 2014

Rory McIlroy tees off his Open Championship campaign

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Jul 17, 2014

Tiger Woods made bogey on his opening hole at Hoylake

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Jul 17, 2014

Tiger Woods tees off on the first hole

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Jul 17, 2014

David Howell hits the opening shot in the first round of the 143rd Open Championship

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Jul 17, 2014

View of the clubhouse at dawn before the first round of the 143rd Open Championship

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Jul 16, 2014

Billy Horschel gets accustomed with Hoylake's fescue grass

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